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Australia's largest integrated battery and solar farm was officially opened in Victoria's north on Friday.

Rooftop solar industry veterans say Australia has become a dumping ground for poor-quality solar products and some are questioning the regulatory oversight of household rooftop solar installers and products.
Article by Liz Hobday and Sybillia Gross, ABC News Australia

The first Australian Solar Farm in Antarctica was switched on Sunday, March 19 at Casey Research Station.

Works have begun on a University of Queensland-owned 64MW solar farm that – once completed – will help make UQ the first major university in the world to offset 100 per cent of its electricity usage through its own renewable energy assets. - Article by Sophie Vorrath, RenewEconomy

A grant of nearly $1 million has been announced for a 100% renewable energy project which will see the World Heritage-listed Daintree Rainforest reduce its reliance on diesel fuel to generate power.
- Story by Marjia Maisch, PV Magazine Australia

(Renew Economy) Leading economist and climate change policy expert Professor Ross Garnaut says that Australia could be powered 100 per cent by “intermittent” renewables by the early 2030s,and have a grid that is both reliable and secure and cheaper than it is now
- Giles Parkinson

"(Bloomberg) -- For two decades, coal has been pulled from a Bent Mountain mine in eastern Kentucky. But in a startling move in the heart of coal country, a rival -- solar -- is preparing to move on to the land."

Australian rooftops added a record of almost 500 megawatts of new solar photovoltaic capacity in the March quarter, as Victoria's incentive scheme stoked a 90 per cent increase in that state's installations - Article by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald

"The Queensland city of Bundaberg has been named Australia’s rooftop solar capital after a topping a list of the nation’s most solar-friendly suburbs."
Article by Georgia Clark

'A fight for safe drinking water at Buttah Windee in Western Australia has been a fight for the survival of the community, and a battle they are proud to have won on their own.'
Story by Dominque Bayens, ABC News Australia

"Last Friday, tens of thousands of school students went on “strike”, imploring politicians to finally Get Serious about climate change policies, and urging a switch to 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030."
- Article sourced from reneweconomy.com.au, Giles Parkinson

"At least half of Australia’s power should be delivered by renewable energy such as solar, wind and hydro by 2030, the Clean Energy Council said today when releasing its policy directives for the upcoming Federal Election."